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Races of f irst ones:

Khaynites

Written By Joshua Cole

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races of Neoexodus: khaynite

The undisputed masters of First One society, the

Khaynites are both a race and a priesthood, an entire

species dedicated to the worship of the grotesque

god of blood, Khayne. Depraved and sadistic, the

Khaynites are also brilliant and mighty, and to defy

their will invites tortures beyond imagining. The

Khaynites have long desired a return to glory in

Exodus, and after two thousand years of exile,

they are prepared to fight with all their formidable

resources to effect that return.

their veins, making bloodcasting rituals more conve-

nient. In spite of these and even more bizarre body

modifications, the basic form of Khaynites is sickly

seductive to most humanoids, who find themselves at

turns repulsed and fascinated by these creatures who

were and would be once more their masters.

Relations:

Khaynites dominate or die. Amongst themselves, they

constantly vie for power - but compared to their treat-

ment of outsiders, they are saintly toward each other.

A Khaynite will never accept orders from a member

of another race and is loath to take suggestions. Nor

will he tolerate defiance of any kind; the slightest

hint of sarcasm or resentment in a servant earns

brutal retaliation. Only the more numerous exodites,

whose support the Khaynites require, are allowed

the slightest freedom. Khaynites consider the entire

world theirs to do with as they will, and those regions

where their mastery is not acknowledged as provinces

in rebellion. In many ways, they have never adjusted

to the loss of their ancient empire - and, perhaps,

never will.

Personality:

The iconic Khaynite is a cruel, domineering creature,

relishing in his own power no more than he does the

powerlessness of his subjects. To Khaynites, mastery

over intelligent beings eclipses all other concerns;

everyone is either master or slave, and to be a slave is

as intolerable as to be a master is delicious. Khaynites

also have a strong hedonistic streak. Since most of

their pleasures involve the pain of others - and, in

many cases, an admixture for themselves as well

- their lusts are almost as dangerous as their ambi-

tions. If the Khaynite character were not twisted

enough by their nature and their inculcation into the

gruesome rites of Khayne’s cult, their childrearing

practices would assure their monstrousness. Young

Khaynites begin training almost from birth in the dark

arts. Siblings play lethal games with each other and

each others slaves. Young adults master transmuta-

tion magic and are encouraged to experiment upon

their own bodies. Less than half of each generation of

Khaynites reaches adulthood, but those who do are the

most depraved, ruthless and talented.

Alignment:

Most Khaynites behave little better than mortal fiends,

indulging in brutal whims and bizarre passions that

rival those of demons. Khaynites are almost always

Chaotic Evil. The few who do not subscribe to these

ways rarely survive to adulthood.

Khaynite Lands:

Khaynites rule the dark demesne of the First Ones

with an iron fist ( sometimes literally ), where they are

held in check, if at all, only by the mass of exodites.

Khaynites care nothing for climate or terrain. A cave,

a mountain, a forest, a coast - all are the same to a

Khaynite, as long as he can claim total control over

them. To Khaynites, the whole of Exodus and beyond

are ‘Khaynite lands.’

Physical Description:

Khaynites are basically humanoid, and may have once

been closely related to humans. They are tall, often

six or seven feet, and their muscle mass is higher than

normal. Dissolute life leaves many Khaynites looking

more massive than muscular, but even the most

degenerate possess hidden reserves of strength - the

better to force physical as well as mental submission.

Most Khaynites are extremely pale; females in partic-

ular have almost translucent flesh. Into this flesh, all

adult Khaynites graft an astonishing array of piercings

and stranger decorations, sometimes including parts

of other creatures kept in psuedo-life by dark magic.

Many Khaynites, particularly those who follow or

aspire to the sanguine path of the race’s most powerful

spellcasters, install spigot-like piercings directly into

Religion:

The twisted religion of the Khaynites is central to

their culture. Even the name of their race comes from

Khayne, the blood god of Exodus, who, the Khaynites

believe, created them to be the earthly vessels of his

power. In essence, all adult Khaynites - excepting

the rare renegade - are priests of Khayne, though

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not all are divine spellcasters. Individual Khaynites

conduct their own rituals - and bloody rituals they

are, involving the sacrifice of countless slaves and

captives. There is no formal hierarchy in Khaynite

religion; power shifts are constant and violent.

Khaynites also control the broader Brotherhood of

Khayne, the humanoid clergy of which secretly, and

in most cases unwittingly, learn from and subordi-

nate themselves to Khaynite masters. The Khaynites

do not spread their faith in the hopes of attracting

converts; they consider themselves the only true

vessels for Khayne’s power, with all other ‘worship-

pers’ being merely deluded pawns.

the rare renegade Khaynite who flees his wicked

kin must employ such deceptions. Both renegade

Khaynites and those who are abroad in search of some

coveted, usually magical, prize are extremely valuable

allies, for their magical powers exceed those of any

other humanoid. Khaynites prize magic items more

than material wealth, especially favoring items that

impart new arcane secrets.

Khaynite Racial

Traits

• +2 Str, +4 Int, +6 Cha: Khaynites are extremely

intelligent and possess unparalleled force of

personality; most are also larger and stronger than

average humanoids.

• First Ones: Khaynites are Humanoids with the

First One subtype. Certain spells and effects

affect creatures with this subtype differently.

• Khaynite base land speed is 30 ft.

• Darkvision: Khaynites can see in the dark up to

60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it

is otherwise like normal sight, and Khaynites can

function just fine with no light at all.

• Damage Reduction 5/Silver: The magically-

altered bodies of Khaynites resist most injury;

silver weapons, however, deal normal damage to a

Khaynite.

• Powerful Caster: Khaynites are innately magical

creatures, and their self-modification rituals have

only served to increase their natural powers. A

Khaynite gets a +5 bonus to caster level in any

spellcasting class in which he has at least one

level. This ability does not grant additional spells

or spell levels.

• Automatic Languages: Khaynite and Exodite.

Bonus languages: Abyssal, Aneishi, Common,

Infernal, Locari, Necryos, Sobeka.

• Level Adjustment: +3. Khaynites are much more

powerful than the most races.

• Favored Class: Sorcerer. A multiclass

Khaynite's sorcerer class does not count when

determining whether he takes an experience point

penalty. Khaynites are innately magical, and must

demonstrate their aptitude with it or perish before

reaching adulthood.

Language:

Khaynites speak their own language, a derivation of

Abyssal, which is also the language of their pawn-

priests in the Brotherhood of Khayne. Most also

speak Exodite and either Sobeka or Common, and

many know other languages besides. Khaynites

tend to have deep, powerful voices due to their large

frames.

Names:

Khaynites deride such fripperies as family ties as

signs of weakness. Instead of names devoted to clan,

family or affiliation, Khaynites are given one personal

name at birth and acquire more by killing or subju-

gating other Khaynites. Most Khaynites emerge from

childhood with between two and four names, often

those given to siblings they betrayed and murdered.

A Khaynite continues to collect names his entire life;

most many-named Khaynites are extremely powerful,

although a few, by picking on the weakest members

of their race, manage to acquire the seeming of

power without actually possessing it. Because of the

custom of taking the names of the slain and enslaved,

Khaynites make no distinction between male and

female names.

Names: Bikhari, Khuralu, Meshurr, Nhubat, Sauthoss,

Ygarku, Ygnoth, Zautoloss.

Adventures:

Khaynites rarely travel the lands they intend to domi-

nate, leaving such activities to their minions. When

a Khaynite goes abroad, he usually does so sheathed

in illusion and transmutation magic, assuming a form

unlike his own to pass among the humanoids. Even

Khaynite Feats

Khaynites are the masters of blood magic, masterful

transmuters and overpowering enchanters. Their dark

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sorcery and the favor of their grotesque god once

elevated them to rule over all Exodus, and though

their numbers are much reduced, their powers remain

as great as ever.

Grotesque Spell -

Metamagic

Your transmutation spells have particularly terrifying

and disturbing manifestations.

Body To Mind - Khaynite

You can surprise opponents by drawing upon the

magical energy latent in your body, but only at severe

cost to yourself.

Prerequisites: Caster level 10th, Cha 17+.

Benefits: When you cast a transmutation spell, any

creature that can see the spell’s target, including the

target itself, must make a Will save ( DC equal to the

spell’s ) or be Sickened for 1 round. The Sickened

effect is a Mind-affecting Fear effect, but the original

spell is not. Aberrations are immune to this effect.

Prerequisites: Khaynite, caster level 6th.

Benefits: As a swift action, you can take any number

of points of temporary ability damage to your Str,

Dex and Con. You can immediately cast a spell you

know of a level up to the among of temporary ability

damage you took to each ability. You may apply

metamagic feats without increasing the casting time,

although they increase the spell’s level normally.

A Grotesque Spell uses up the same level as a normal

spell.

Special: Khaynites have a particular affinity for

this type of metamagic; a Khaynite spontaneous

spellcaster does not increase the casting time of

a Grotesque Spell, provided he applies no other

metamagic feats to it.

You cannot use this feat to cast a spell with a normal

casting time longer than a standard action.

You cannot use this feat to cast a spell of a higher

level than the highest level you could normally cast.

All Khaynites are immune to the effects of Grotesque

Spell.

If using this feat would reduce one of your abilities to

0 or less, your abilities are reduced to 1, instead, and

the spell fails.

Mind To Body - Khaynite

Your magical powers can temporarily enhance your

body, greatly increasing your physical prowess at the

cost of your sorcery.

Ability damage suffered from this feat returns at a rate

of 1 point to each ability per hour.

Prerequisites: Khaynite, caster level 6th.

Domineering Spell -

Metamagic

You can force magical the victims of your enchant-

ments to bow by sheer force of will.

Benefits: As a swift action, you can lose any number

of spell slots, beginning with your highest level spell

slots. For every spell slot lost, you gain a +1 bonus to

your Str, Dex or Con.

Prerequisites: Caster level 13th, Cha 19+, Intimidate

11 ranks.

The bonuses from this feat last 10 minutes per caster

level.

Benefits: You can substitute an Intimidate check for

the save DC of any Enchantment spell. If it was not

already, it becomes Language-dependent.

Special: Using this feat causes your muscles to bulge

and twist into strange and alien shapes. You suffer a

-4 penalty on Bluff and Diplomacy checks, but get a

+2 bonus to Intimidate checks.

A Domineering Spell takes up a spell slot one higher

than normal.

Khaynite Paragon

Special: Khaynites have a particular affinity for

this type of metamagic; a Khaynite spontaneous

spellcaster does not increase the casting time of a

Domineering Spell, provided he applies no other

metamagic feats to it.

Class Information

The following information pertains to the Khaynite

Paragon class.

Hit Die

The Khaynite Paragon gains 1d6 hit points per level.

The character’s Constitution modifier applies.

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khaynite Paragon

Base

Attack Fort Ref Will

Level Bonus Save Save Save Special Spellcasting

1 +0 +0 +0 +2 Bloodcast ( self ) +1 level of existing class

2 +1 +0 +0 +3 Bloodcast ( any ) +1 level of existing class

3 +1 +1 +1 +3 Aberrant Form +1 level of existing class

Class Skills

The Khaynite Paragon’s class skills ( and the key

ability for each skill ) are:

Aberrant Form ( Ex ): At 3rd level, the Khaynite

Paragon completes the most depraved, but vital, of his

ritual transformations.

Bluff ( Cha ), Concentration ( Con ), Craft ( any )

( Int ), Diplomacy ( Cha ), Disguise ( Cha ), Intimidate

( Cha ), Knowledge ( arcana ) ( Int ), Knowledge

( dungeoneering ) ( Int ), Knowledge ( religion ) ( Int ),

Sense Motive ( Wis ), Spellcraft ( Int ).

A Khaynite Paragon who completes his transforma-

tion loses the Humanoid type and gains the Aberration

type. He retains the Khaynite and First One subtypes.

He also gains a +2 Inherent bonus to the physical

ability score of his choice. His appearance is forever

altered by the transformation, but on an almost imper-

ceptible level - a subtle shift in the shape and color

of the eyes, a slight translucence to the skin, perhaps

the vague impression of something, organ or parasite,

moving beneath the Khaynite Paragon’s flesh.

Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Khaynite

Paragon class.

Completing this transformation takes one full day

and requires the sacrifice of at least five intelligent

( Int 3+ ) creatures, the expenditure of 5,000 gp in rare

oils and reagents, and the loss of 500 XP. Until the

Khaynite Paragon can complete his transformation, he

gains no benefits from this class feature.

Bloodcast ( Su ): A Khaynite Paragon may cast addi-

tional spells by spilling blood. Every spell level the

Khaynite Paragon wishes to access costs 1d4 points

of Con damage. A Khaynite Paragon cannot access

spells of a level higher than he could normally cast,

nor can he cast spells not on his list of spells known;

he can only cast additional spells from his list of

spells known.

Khaynite

as a monster

Khaynite - CR2

Male Khaynite Sorcerer 1

CE Medium Humanoid ( Khaynite, First One )

I nit +0 Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Listen +1, Spot +1

Languages Khaynite, Common, Exodite.

AC 10, touch 10, flat-footed 10

hp 6 ( 1 HD ); DR 5/Silver

Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +3

Spd 30 ft. ( 6 squares )

Melee Morningstar +2 ( 1d8+2 )

Melee Dagger +3 ( 1d4+2 )

Ranged Dart +0 ( 1d4+2 )

Space 5 ft; Reach 5 ft.

Base Atk +0; Grp +2

Combat Gear Potion of eagle’s splendor ( CL 3rd ).

At 1st level, the Khaynite Paragon can only draw

upon his own blood, the magical power of which he

is intimately familiar with. Beginning at 2nd level, he

can draw blood from any helpless creature to fulfill

the requirements of this ability.

Spellcasting: When a new Khaynite Paragon level is

gained, the character gains new spells per day as if

he had also gained a level in a spellcasting class he

belonged to before adding the prestige class. He does

not, however, gain any other benefit a character of

that class would have gained, except for an increased

effective level of spellcasting. If a character had

more than one spellcasting class before becoming a

Khaynite Paragon, he must decide to which class he

adds the new level for purposes of determining spells

per day.

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